Overview
- Incumbent County Judge Mark Keough won the Republican primary over Wayne Mack with 51% of the vote to 49%, according to Houston Public Media.
- About 1,500 votes separated the candidates with turnout around 16% of nearly half a million registered voters, according to Mack.
- Keough said in a post-election statement that his campaign faced relentless smear tactics, spam text messages, and more than $700,000 spent to defeat him.
- Mack publicly congratulated Keough and said his campaign aimed to elevate conversations about leadership and the county’s future.
- Keough advances to face Democrat James Graf in November after seven years in office, with public safety cited as his ongoing priority.